Month: June 2016

As more used vehicles are imported into Africa likewise vehicle ownership also increases; as a result of this, high rate of road traffic accident is undoubtedly very high. This is even worst among commercial motorcycle operators in some countries in Africa e.g. Nigeria; Tanzania etc

For instance, The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) in South Africa, an agency responsible for road safety administration in South Africa, shows in its annual report for the year 2014 to 2015 that more than 4,500 people died on road accidents.

More so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) reports show that more than 1 in 4 traffic accident deaths in Africa occur on Nigeria roads.

However, as a result of high rate of accident in Africa and the consequences thereof, hence, in May, 2014 WHO published the death rate per 100,000 and the rank of each country in the world.

Here below are the death rate & the ranking:

WORLD RANKING OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN AFRICA

Death Rate per 100,000

S/N

REGION RANK

RATE

WORLD RANK

1.

Uganda

37.14

7

2.

Burkina Faso

36.56

8

3.

Nigeria

35.39

9

4.

Angola

34.96

10

5.

Guinea Bissau

34.37

11

6.

Mauritania

33.75

13

7.

Comoros

32.52

15

8.

Mali

32.49

16

9.

Sudan

31.13

18

10.

Niger

30.59

20

11.

Tanzania

29.12

21

12.

Eritrea

27.94

22

13.

Sierra Leone

27.40

25

14.

Benin

27.30

26

15.

Chad

27.04

27

16.

Zambia

26.51

29

17.

Lesotho

25.94

30

18.

Liberia

25.48

31

19.

Senegal

25.47

32

20.

Kenya

25.11

35

21.

South Africa

24.64

37

22.

Ghana

24.60

38

23.

Gambia

24.55

39

24.

Cote D’ivoire

24.51

40

25.

Rwanda

24.06

43

26.

Madagascar

23.43

44

27.

Namibia

22.82

47

28.

DR Congo

22.53

48

29.

Mozambique

22.23

51

30.

Malawi

22.12

52

31.

Botswana

22.04

53

32.

Djibouti

21.90

54

33.

Burundi

21.83

56

34.

South Sudan

21.80

57

35.

Somalia

21.65

58

36.

Camerom

21.27

60

37.

Gabon

21.23

61

38.

Guinea

20.33

66

39.

Ethiopia

20.16

68

40.

Cape Verde

20.06

69

41.

Swaziland

18.31

79

42.

Togo

18.03

81

43.

Congo

17.53

82

44.

Central Africa

16.25

93

45.

Mauritius

12.89

108

46.

Equatorial Guinea

12.27

116

47.

Zimbabwe

10.65

126

It is important to note that WHO exclude cause of death data by broad accident for the following countries:-